2009 Winter Concert Series

Lauren Hess, Joo-hwa Lee Tim Webb, Robert Rollin Paul Mealor, Robert Rollin Kathryn Thomas Umble, Aurista Chamber Music Joo-hwa Lee, Misook Yoon Sho Omagari, Andrea Lee, Thomas Osuga Sho Omagari, Thomas Osuga Kathryn Thomas Umble, Thomas Osuga Tim Webb, Wendy Portis Paul Mealor Andrea Lee, Thomas Osuga Kathryn Thomas Umble, Robert Rollin, Thomas Osuga, Andrea Lee, Sho Omagari Brian Kiser, Diana Yazvac Aurista Chamber Music Shanna Kelly, Adrienne Lehotsky Kathryn Thomas Umble, Thomas Osuga Tim Webb Robert Rollin Dana Chorale conducted by Dong-Hyun Son Tim Webb Dana Chorale Tim Webb Aurista Chamber Music

Paul Mealor  Between Eternity and Time 2 • Poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Misook Yun 4 (soprano) and Joo-hwa Lee (piano)
Program Notes • 

  1. Come Slowly, Eden
  2. Bequest
  3. The Heart asks Pleasure First

Richard Zacharias 5  Sonata for Viola and Piano 1, 2 • Movement 2 World Premiere
Wendy Portis (viola) and Tim Webb 5 (piano)

Robert Rollin 4  Sonata for Violoncello and Piano 2 • Ohio Premiere
Andrea Lee (cello) and Thomas Osuga (piano)
Program Notes • 

  1. Allegro non Troppo
  2. Arioso-Scherzando
  3. Vivo

Daniel Brandt  Mouse vs. Broomstick 1, 2
Tim Webb (piano)
Program Notes • 

Paul Mealor  Lecture: "Hidden Arias — Creating Structure through Melody"
3:00 pm Bliss Hall 3150

Frank Ticheli  Earth Song 2
Dana Chorale / Dong-Hyun Son 6, guest conductor

Robert Rollin  Five Pieces on Legends by the Senaca Indians 1, 2, 3
Kathryn Thomas Umble (flute) and Thomas Osuga (piano)
Program Notes • 

  1. Intrada — "He who sets forests on high hills and he who gnarls the trees"
  2. Arabesque — "Spirit of the Wind"
  3. Grave — "The Peace Tree"
  4. Fantasia-Scherzo — "The Little People Who Move Underground"
  5. Processional and Presto — "Masks that Cure the Sick and Wind Spirit Magic"

Daniel Brandt  Cradle Song 2 • World Premiere
Lauren Hess (mezzo soprano) and Joo-hwa Lee (piano)

Paul Mealor  Ave Maria 2
Dana Chorale / Dong-Hyun Son 6, guest conductor

Niccolo Paganini  Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini 3
Andrea Lee (cello) and Thomas Osuga (piano)

Daniel Brandt  Tuba Miniatures 3 • World Premiere
Brian Kiser 4 (Tuba) and Diana Yazvac 4 (piano)

Robert Rollin  Two Corridos 3
Andrea Lee (cello) and Thomas Osuga (piano)

  1. Corrido 1
  2. Corrido 2

Paul Mealor  Borderlands 2
Sho Omagari (violin), Andrea Lee (cello), and Thomas Osuga (piano)

Robert Parrisi  Wild Cherry: Play that Funky Music White Boy 2
Andrea Lee (cello) and Thomas Osuga (piano)

Daniel Brandt  Three Seasons for Two Flutes 3
Shanna Kelly and Adrienne Lehotsky, flutes

Paul Mealor  Lecture: "Rising of the Sixfold Sun — an orchestra work composed for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales"
4:00 pm Bliss Hall 3136

 Press Release  • 


Footnotes:

  1. Wednesday Concert at Noon, The Butler Institute of American Art March 4, 2009 • New Music Society: Dr. Robert Rollin, Director;
  2. Wednesday Evening Concert (8:00 pm) at Bliss Recital Hall March 4, 2009 • New Music Society: Dr. Robert Rollin, Director;
  3. Thursday Morning Concert (10:45 am) at St. Paul School in Salem, Ohio March 5, 2009
  4. Dana School of Music Faculty
  5. Community Board Member, New Music Guild Inc.
  6. Graduate Student, Dana School of Music

With support from the Dana School of Music; the College of Fine and Performing Arts (YSU); the New Music Guild, Inc.; St. Paul Parish; The Ellen Marie Rudjak Feldman Memorial Fund; Ss. Peter and Paul Church; and individual donors.